Week 2: Inspiration | Sunny Side

While in New York City this summer, I took this photo of the street where I was staying. This inspirational summer allowed me to reconnect with my former teachers at the Martha Graham School while working on research for my thesis. This street was located in an interesting part of the West Village. It was fairly calm during the day, but at night was very lively with packed restaurants and comedy clubs. In the morning light, I remember thinking how that because of the height of the buildings the summer sun would highlight certain parts of the street. Even though it was a bright cloudless morning, the sun gave a strong waking glow to one side, while leaving the other with a dim shadowed sense that it was still asleep. Reflecting back on this image now, I also find interest in the almost jagged looking outline of the rooftops projected onto the center of the street separating the light and dark.